Frost history / Kenosha Rgnl Ap, WI
Kenosha Rgnl Ap, WI: frost dates by year
Last spring and first fall frost at NOAA station USW00004845, 1998 to 2024, measured from daily minimum temperatures.
Elevation 743 ft, 42.595, -87.938. Download the data (JSON), NOAA daily records
Summary at 32°F
| Last spring frost | First fall frost | |
|---|---|---|
| Median | Apr 28 | Oct 14 |
| Earliest | Apr 17 (2007) | Sep 24 (2012) |
| Latest | Jun 1 (2003) | Nov 2 (2024) |
| Trend | 0.8 days earlier per decade | 4.5 days later per decade |
| Years with data | 27 | 27 |
At 28°F (hard freeze) the median last spring date is Apr 18 and the median first fall date is Oct 24.
The trend is a straight-line fit through the years with a freeze. A positive spring trend means the last frost now comes later. Short or patchy records give noisy trends.
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Last spring frost (32°F)
First fall frost (32°F)
Dots are single years. The gray line is the median, the green line the fitted trend.
Year by year
| Year | Last spring 32°F | First fall 32°F | Last spring 28°F | First fall 28°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Apr 25 | Nov 2 | Mar 29 | Nov 26 |
| 2023 | Apr 26 | Oct 30 | Apr 26 | Oct 30 |
| 2022 | Apr 27 | Oct 7 | Apr 16 | Oct 19 |
| 2021 | May 12 | Oct 24 | Apr 22 | Nov 2 |
| 2020 | May 9 | Oct 5 | May 9 | Oct 30 |
| 2019 | Apr 28 | Oct 18 | Apr 15 | Oct 31 |
| 2018 | Apr 29 | Oct 12 | Apr 29 | Oct 13 |
| 2017 | May 8 | Oct 26 | Mar 23 | Nov 7 |
| 2016 | May 15 | Oct 22 | Apr 12 | Nov 12 |
| 2015 | Apr 26 | Oct 16 | Apr 24 | Oct 18 |
| 2014 | Apr 23 | Oct 11 | Apr 23 | Nov 1 |
| 2013 | May 13 | Oct 21 | Apr 20 | Oct 21 |
| 2012 | Apr 27 | Sep 24 | Apr 12 | Nov 4 |
| 2011 | Apr 21 | Oct 22 | Apr 5 | Oct 30 |
| 2010 | May 10 | Oct 22 | Apr 9 | Oct 29 |
| 2009 | Apr 23 | Oct 1 | Apr 12 | Oct 10 |
| 2008 | Apr 30 | Oct 4 | Apr 30 | Oct 28 |
| 2007 | Apr 17 | Oct 28 | Apr 10 | Nov 10 |
| 2006 | May 22 | Oct 11 | Apr 26 | Oct 15 |
| 2005 | May 4 | Oct 22 | May 4 | Oct 23 |
| 2004 | May 5 | Sep 30 | May 3 | Oct 5 |
| 2003 | Jun 1 | Sep 30 | Apr 24 | Oct 1 |
| 2002 | May 21 | Oct 13 | May 21 | Oct 16 |
| 2001 | Apr 19 | Oct 6 | Apr 18 | Oct 7 |
| 2000 | Apr 22 | Oct 7 | Apr 12 | Oct 8 |
| 1999 | Apr 25 | Oct 14 | Apr 12 | Oct 24 |
| 1998 | Apr 28 | Oct 22 | Apr 6 | Oct 22 |
"none" means the station recorded no freeze at that threshold in that half of the year. "no data" means more than 10% of the season's daily readings were missing. Years with no usable data are left out. See the methodology for the rules, and the ZIP lookup for 1991 to 2020 frost probabilities.